Accenture says the claims that a staffer's personal Claude agent ran on a Pentagon system were investigated and found without merit.
Pressed by WIRED, it would not say who investigated, or deny an incident.
Accenture told WIRED the allegations were thoroughly and independently investigated and found to be without merit.
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WIRED's sources say a staffer's personal Claude agent ran on a DOD system for two months and that Accenture did not first report it.
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Accenture would not say who investigated, or dispute that there was an incident.
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Receipts
- Supports wired.com:
These allegations were thoroughly and independently investigated and found to be without merit.
- Context wired.com:
a contractor caused a security incident at the Department of Defense by connecting a secure centralized system used by multiple intelligence agencies to their personal account for Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding agent
- Refutes wired.com:
When pressed, Accenture didn’t offer clarification on who conducted the investigation, or dispute that there had been what could be characterized as an incident.
- Refutes wired.com:
The Accenture employee’s AI agent ran on the DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.
- Refutes wired.com:
sources indicate Accenture did not initially report the breach to the government at all.
- Context wired.com:
the Department does not comment on the status of its networks or systems.
- Context cdomagazine.tech:
There is no indication that classified systems were accessed.
- Context cybersecuritynews.com:
There is no indication that attackers accessed classified or top-secret networks.
- Context cybersecuritynews.com:
WIRED’s sources said the contractor shared login credentials so the agent could automate coding and cloud server setup.
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